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take a look at that experience in massachusetts. the senator from california talked about that earlier. during the first month of enrollment in massachusetts, 123 people signed up. in the first 30 days. by the end of the year, though, 36,000 had signed up. the number of uninsured young people went from 25% to 10% within three years. massachusetts today, because of the leadership of governor mitt romney and the cooperation of the democratic legislature in that state, has nearly universal health insurance coverage. however the roll-out wasn't without some problems, just as ours s. thours is. the current governor said there were a series of web site problems. he also said the web site was a work in progress for the first few years. there were outages during peak times and problems searching for providers. i recently met with a doctor from boston. he's one of the best. he said, people in massachusetts can't remember what it was like before. they can't remember what it was like before people had health insurance. this doctor is an oncolo
take a look at that experience in massachusetts. the senator from california talked about that earlier. during the first month of enrollment in massachusetts, 123 people signed up. in the first 30 days. by the end of the year, though, 36,000 had signed up. the number of uninsured young people went from 25% to 10% within three years. massachusetts today, because of the leadership of governor mitt romney and the cooperation of the democratic legislature in that state, has nearly universal health...
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we have the massachusetts experience, the experience of medicare part d. to the extent your timeline plays out and we have a fully functioning website within the next dirty-60 days, is that in time for what we expect to be the majority of people coming in and wanting to access the product? >> let me start with the product. i think that we are extremely pleased with the product. and i think it is important not to lose sight of that. as i said before, we had about 25% new entrants into the market, new issuers offering new plants. we had over 200 issuers and i think) 3000 products. but i will get you that specific information. -- the insurance market wants us to succeed. they see it as a the business. so, we have been pleased with the states in the competition. there have been some exceptions as we talked about before, and we want to stimulate that as time goes on. the second piece -- we have always believed that the first enrollment surge would come mid- december and the second surge would come late february/early march. there would be people who want to sig
we have the massachusetts experience, the experience of medicare part d. to the extent your timeline plays out and we have a fully functioning website within the next dirty-60 days, is that in time for what we expect to be the majority of people coming in and wanting to access the product? >> let me start with the product. i think that we are extremely pleased with the product. and i think it is important not to lose sight of that. as i said before, we had about 25% new entrants into the...
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the legal age for marriage in massachusetts was 16. the average age was 24, which except for james is the average age of which her sisters were married and also the age at which benjamin franklin was married. it is extremely unusual to marry at the age of 15. it was also illegal. the man she married was poor. he was a sadler. she never once heard anything but the least affection. she heard about anything at all. she wrote the firstborn 1729 and then added 19, died may 18, 1730. the child of her childhood died three weeks shy of her first birthday. a dead child despite no more surprising than me pretty sure in a sermon called for dots inside the hours. one in four children died before the age of 10. they were wrapped in linen, dipped in melted? her box was a time is built and painted black. at the gravesite. the more earnest, norm ministers wanted there to be any tears. a token from warner said the price of price we distressed mother of her dear only son printed in boston the way james first child died. luke chapter 17 verse 13, we cann
the legal age for marriage in massachusetts was 16. the average age was 24, which except for james is the average age of which her sisters were married and also the age at which benjamin franklin was married. it is extremely unusual to marry at the age of 15. it was also illegal. the man she married was poor. he was a sadler. she never once heard anything but the least affection. she heard about anything at all. she wrote the firstborn 1729 and then added 19, died may 18, 1730. the child of her...
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seshe and the senator from massachusetts and i all were at the hearing this morning where the head of the center for medicaid and medicare services talked about the health care law. i thought the senator from alaska was especially cogent in pointing out the difficulties and the differences between those who live in alaska and their inability to connect to the services in the new health care law. if i remember correctly, she said only three have been able to enroll, and she pointed out the differences in time. i'd like to spend a few minutes reflecting on what happened this morning and what i said to the administration's witness. i began by telling her a story, a story about 16,000 tennesseans who have insurance through something called cover tennessee, a low-cost coverage state program. obamacare is canceling their policies, those 16,000 policies. cover tennessee apparently is an example of what the president has called "bad apples," an insurance plan that washington has decided isn't good enough for you. i recently heard from one of those tennesseans whose policy will be canceled on
seshe and the senator from massachusetts and i all were at the hearing this morning where the head of the center for medicaid and medicare services talked about the health care law. i thought the senator from alaska was especially cogent in pointing out the difficulties and the differences between those who live in alaska and their inability to connect to the services in the new health care law. if i remember correctly, she said only three have been able to enroll, and she pointed out the...
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there was 1955 speech at the assumption college in my hometown of massachusetts, where he said about the cold war that i believe religion itself is at the root of the struggle and not in terms of the physical organizations or christianity versus those of atheism, but in terms of good versus evil and right versus wrong. and in his remarks during the campaign at the tabernacle in salt lake city, where he said the enemy is a communist system itself, insatiable and unceasing in its drive for world domination, it is also a struggle for supremacy between conflicting nato ologies, freedom under god versus godless turning. in kennedy's famous lines in the inaugural address, the same revolutionary beliefs for which we are still at issue around the globe. coming not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of god. we shall pay any price and bear any burden and meet any hardship and support any friends and oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty. and ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. and in december 1962 he said i
there was 1955 speech at the assumption college in my hometown of massachusetts, where he said about the cold war that i believe religion itself is at the root of the struggle and not in terms of the physical organizations or christianity versus those of atheism, but in terms of good versus evil and right versus wrong. and in his remarks during the campaign at the tabernacle in salt lake city, where he said the enemy is a communist system itself, insatiable and unceasing in its drive for world...
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he said people in massachusetts can't remember what it was like before. they can't remember what it was like before people had health insurance. this doctor's an oncologist who deals with people who are diagnosed with cancer. he had a 19-year-old woman come into his office before they had this version of the affordable health care act in the state of massachusetts. he said to her, we can cure you, but we got to really do this aggressively. it's going to take chemo, radiation, and surgery. this 19-year-old woman said, please, don't tell me parents. i can't afford to pay for it. if they hear this, they'll mortgage their home to pay for the medical care, and i don't want them to do it. well, the parents learned. they made the decision, and they mortgaged their home, and their daughter's life was saved. this doctor, this cancer doctor said to me, senator, i never ran into another case like that since massachusetts passed its affordable health care act, since people have basic insurance and basic protection. the life and death choices make every single day sho
he said people in massachusetts can't remember what it was like before. they can't remember what it was like before people had health insurance. this doctor's an oncologist who deals with people who are diagnosed with cancer. he had a 19-year-old woman come into his office before they had this version of the affordable health care act in the state of massachusetts. he said to her, we can cure you, but we got to really do this aggressively. it's going to take chemo, radiation, and surgery. this...
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the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. warren: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: thank you. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 227, s. 1557. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 227, s. 1557, a bill to amend the public health service act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection the senate will proceed. ms. warren: i further ask that the bill be read a third time and pafpbd the mot
the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. warren: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: thank you. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without...
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if you look at massachusetts, during its first month -- and, mr. president, i'm sure you're aware of this, being in new jersey, close to massachusetts, only 0.3%, or 123 people signed up for coverage out of the 36er,000 who ultimately signed up in the first year. so let's be clear. we all wanted to see bigger numbers, but the affordable care act numbers are four times better than what massachusetts did in its first month. if you talk to the people of massachusetts, they love their health care plan. and our plan is based on their plan. by the way, a republican plan. hundreds of thousands have started the enrollment proficiency and i'll onprocess,. i'm going to go shopping and buy my plafnlt but i'm taking my time because i have some time -- until december. i am going to discuss it with my husband. we're going to decide what's best for us. i'm going to sign up. you know, i think it was the secretary sebelius who said, this isn't like buying a toaster. this is a commitment for a year, and you've got to take your time. so don't come here and tear down
if you look at massachusetts, during its first month -- and, mr. president, i'm sure you're aware of this, being in new jersey, close to massachusetts, only 0.3%, or 123 people signed up for coverage out of the 36er,000 who ultimately signed up in the first year. so let's be clear. we all wanted to see bigger numbers, but the affordable care act numbers are four times better than what massachusetts did in its first month. if you talk to the people of massachusetts, they love their health care...
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rates among young adults is 21% in the year prior to the passage of the law in massachusetts. that rate dropped to 8% in the after. i think it does, the experience, the survey research that we've done, the experience in massachusetts does suggest young adults will come into the market places, the numbers will help do what we're hoping they would do not only helping them but also stabilizing the market. spent so, we used all sorts of information sources to, on a weekly basis, hit the restart button. i had a meeting with my senior folks every week, looking back at what we know about enrollment, what we know about folks who were on the ground. so if we know that holding an event in the evening results in five people showing up versus launch, you get 50 people to show up, that's where our resources go. so we look at everything that's happened to not only the data we're seeing but also what we're hearing from our sisters. orienteering from brokers in community groups or on the ground. end of the week we slightly shift our strategy. and i can tell you week one at a lot of events pla
rates among young adults is 21% in the year prior to the passage of the law in massachusetts. that rate dropped to 8% in the after. i think it does, the experience, the survey research that we've done, the experience in massachusetts does suggest young adults will come into the market places, the numbers will help do what we're hoping they would do not only helping them but also stabilizing the market. spent so, we used all sorts of information sources to, on a weekly basis, hit the restart...
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after this happened and it was discovered that the tainted drugs graham the massachusetts compounding pharmacy, there was a loft finger pointing back and forth between the f.d.a. and the state board about who should have been regulating this pharmacy because there were other trouble signs. this never should have happened. if they had been properly regulated either by the state or by the federal agency, the f.d.a. that often happens when there's not accountability, when it's not clear who's on the flagpole as i like to say, when it's not clear who's in clarnlg. i use the example of admiral highman rickover who was a gluk bruk navy officer but in the 1950's when he was assigned the job of the nuclear navy he told his captains two contingency things. number one, you're in charge of the ship, you're in charge of the reactor, if anything goes wrong with the nuclear reactor, your career is over. as a result,, mr. president, and i'm sure as a result of that level of clear accountability, since the 1950's there has never been a death as a result of a reactor accident on one of our nuclear shi
after this happened and it was discovered that the tainted drugs graham the massachusetts compounding pharmacy, there was a loft finger pointing back and forth between the f.d.a. and the state board about who should have been regulating this pharmacy because there were other trouble signs. this never should have happened. if they had been properly regulated either by the state or by the federal agency, the f.d.a. that often happens when there's not accountability, when it's not clear who's on...
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like california and massachusetts. other regions of the country; whole does not have a large presence in some states, like california and massachusetts. other regions are well aware that kentucky. to hear t cncer we country. but since epa i refuses tocom to kentucky, i decided on behalf of kentucky's coal miners and families that i would bring their concerns to you myself. the epa won't come to listen to us, we'll come here. to the epa. by now it is clear that this administration and your agency have declared a war on colt. for kentucky it means a war on jobs and our state's economy. the president outright stated his intention for the coal industry. this is what he had to say. if somebody wants to build a coal power plant. they can. it will bankrupt them. they're going to be charged a huge sum for the greenhouse gas being emitted. a direct quote from the president of the united states. one of the first things president obama did upon taking office in 2009 was to push through congress' cap-and-trade bill to try to push
like california and massachusetts. other regions of the country; whole does not have a large presence in some states, like california and massachusetts. other regions are well aware that kentucky. to hear t cncer we country. but since epa i refuses tocom to kentucky, i decided on behalf of kentucky's coal miners and families that i would bring their concerns to you myself. the epa won't come to listen to us, we'll come here. to the epa. by now it is clear that this administration and your...
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this issue hits home for me because it started in massachusetts. at the center of this tragedy was the new england compounding center, also known as necc, and it was located in framingham, massachusetts. i met some of these victims of this terrible outbreak and heard about their struggles, like jerry cohen, a resident of pik pikesville, maryland, who went to the doctor for routine steroid injections to treat recurring back pain and received two doses that came from the contaminated lots. jerry suffered a stroke and had to adjust to a new life, dealing with dizziness, nausea, weakness and exhaustion. or melanie, whose mother went into a tennessee hospital to treat an acute back injury she suffered while mowing the lawn. instead of walking out of the hospital, marjorie instead became severely sick, spent months in the hospital and a nursing home and now has permanent -- permanent nerve damage and medical bills that are close to putting her into bankruptcy. for the last decade, complaints aboutsteabout sterility have bed benz necc yet the company was
this issue hits home for me because it started in massachusetts. at the center of this tragedy was the new england compounding center, also known as necc, and it was located in framingham, massachusetts. i met some of these victims of this terrible outbreak and heard about their struggles, like jerry cohen, a resident of pik pikesville, maryland, who went to the doctor for routine steroid injections to treat recurring back pain and received two doses that came from the contaminated lots. jerry...
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both said their asthmatics who expensed their worst during high ozone days or young six-year-old from massachusetts whose pediatrician prescribes a five day course of steroids whenever she express a major flareup of her symptoms. she calls these crying medicine because they cause of have nightmares, angry outbursts and episodes of uncontrollable tears. raven, destiny armed men with the tip of the iceberg. over seven when children suffer from asthma in the united states. this number is growing. june 2010 studies from the center for disease control showed an increase in asthma for all ages from 2001-2009. how do we reverse these numbers? how to reduce the suffering of future generations when it comes to this chronic disease? reducing carbon pollution is a critical first step. power plants are our nation's largest source of carbon pollution with 40% of our nation's carbon dioxide emitted from power plants. carbon pollution is causing global warming and hotter weather means more ozone. more ozone in turn causes more lung damage. for children's lungs in particular. more locally in d.c., the air received
both said their asthmatics who expensed their worst during high ozone days or young six-year-old from massachusetts whose pediatrician prescribes a five day course of steroids whenever she express a major flareup of her symptoms. she calls these crying medicine because they cause of have nightmares, angry outbursts and episodes of uncontrollable tears. raven, destiny armed men with the tip of the iceberg. over seven when children suffer from asthma in the united states. this number is growing....
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he's the active contributor to consumer protection efforts both in massachusetts and nationally. in 20 # 13, he was elect as vice chairman of the board of directers of the conference of state bank supervisors on whose behalf he testifies here today. welcome. >> chairman warner, ranking members kirk and heller, and members of the subcommittee, i'm jennifer, the director of treasuries financial crimes enforcement network. i'm pleased to be here today to discuss the important regulatory enforcement and analytical work we're doing to prevent illicit actors from exploiting the u.s. financial system from technological advances create new ways to move money. recognizing the potential for abuse of emerging new payment methods and understanding that anti-money laundering protections must keep pace with these advancements, we began working with partners years ago to study the issue. this is what we learned. illicit actors might decide to use virtual currency for many of the same reasons of legitimate users, but also more nefarious ones. they could use virtual currencies for the anonymity,
he's the active contributor to consumer protection efforts both in massachusetts and nationally. in 20 # 13, he was elect as vice chairman of the board of directers of the conference of state bank supervisors on whose behalf he testifies here today. welcome. >> chairman warner, ranking members kirk and heller, and members of the subcommittee, i'm jennifer, the director of treasuries financial crimes enforcement network. i'm pleased to be here today to discuss the important regulatory...
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the funeral in massachusetts, others there, young john kennedy, john jr. saluting the coffin as it went by. we were watching it when the burial at arlington cemetery, and we lived only a couple miles from there, and we saw the first jets -- the fighter jets flying over. we rushed outside just in time to see what we all know is the missing man formation, when the jets are in formation and one peels off. we saw that. and then we saw air force i fly over, just having gone over and dipped its wing. it was a very large plane at that time. and here's air force i in blue, white, silver, the same plane that brought president kennedy's body back a few days before from dallas. it was coming out of i is a liewght. -- it was coming out of saluting. i say this because thrie througt that time and everywhere we wernghts yowent, you saw silentd city, both those who supported president kennedy and those who had not, everybody knew what a blow this was to our country. in fact, i i did not see again that kind of shock and silence in washington, d.c., until i walked from my o
the funeral in massachusetts, others there, young john kennedy, john jr. saluting the coffin as it went by. we were watching it when the burial at arlington cemetery, and we lived only a couple miles from there, and we saw the first jets -- the fighter jets flying over. we rushed outside just in time to see what we all know is the missing man formation, when the jets are in formation and one peels off. we saw that. and then we saw air force i fly over, just having gone over and dipped its wing....
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what i will not support is making drastic cuts in certain states like iowa, new york, or massachusetts in order to increase funding in other states. what we have to do is protect every state in this country because there is no state where programs like the meals on wheels program do not already have long waiting lines. so what we need to do is invest in these programs, and when we do that, i think we will have done a very, very important thing for seniors all over this country. and with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. johanns: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for 10 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johanns: thank you. i come to the floor today to talk about the health care law. we've reached the one-month milestone of the embarrassing rollout of healthcare.government ancare.governmentand.gov and it still doesn't work. and there's no shortage of media. bloomberg -- "insurers getting faulty data from u.s. health exchanges." "consumer reports" -- "stay away from
what i will not support is making drastic cuts in certain states like iowa, new york, or massachusetts in order to increase funding in other states. what we have to do is protect every state in this country because there is no state where programs like the meals on wheels program do not already have long waiting lines. so what we need to do is invest in these programs, and when we do that, i think we will have done a very, very important thing for seniors all over this country. and with that,...
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io's glad i was here to see thed she and the senator fromsnd i massachusetts all or at the hearing this morning where they have the center of medicaid andc medicare services talking abouts the health care law. a senator from alaska wasn especially cogent in pointing out the difficulties and who differences between those twonai live in alaska and their inability to connect to theem services in the new health carel law. e if i remember correctly she sait only three have been able to drc enroll in pointed out the differences in time. i would like to spend a few minutes reflecting them whatthis happened this morning and what i said to the administration's witness., i begin by telling a story about 16,000 to alexian's who have insurance through something called cover tennessee. a low-cost coverage stateir program. obamacare is canceling a policy. the cover tennessee apparently is an example of what the president has called bad applesd an insurance plan that washington has decided is not enough for you. t i recently heard from one ofn those who policy will bee cancelled on january 1. her name
io's glad i was here to see thed she and the senator fromsnd i massachusetts all or at the hearing this morning where they have the center of medicaid andc medicare services talking abouts the health care law. a senator from alaska wasn especially cogent in pointing out the difficulties and who differences between those twonai live in alaska and their inability to connect to theem services in the new health carel law. e if i remember correctly she sait only three have been able to drc enroll in...
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i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures whom we know as literary fill your and their history. >> we come to history from a similar literary place. my graduate degree is in american literature, and i live on man tuck et largely because i like mobby dick. [laughter] and he does. >> i wrote a little book about that. and -- >> i'm a fan. and -- like wise. continuing and i was actually named for nathaniel haw thorn. wasn't it said that his biography of franklin piers was the greatest work of fiction he had ever written. >> yeah, it was said that. and he dedicated. when he dedicated a book to f
i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures...
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the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i ask that the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to talk about the retirement cries in this country, a crisis at that has received far too little attention and far too little response from washington. i spent most of my career studying the economic pressures on middle-class families, families who worked hard, who played by the rules, but who still found themselves just hanging on by their fingernails. starting in the 1970's, even as workers became more productive, their wages flattened out, while things like health care and sending their kid to college kept going up. workers rolled up their slieiv , sent both pairptses into the workforce. that meant higher child care costs, a second car and higher taxes. they just tightened their belts more cutting spending wherever they could. adjusted for inflation, families spend less than they did a generation ago on food, clothing, furniture, appliances and other flexible
the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i ask that the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to talk about the retirement cries in this country, a crisis at that has received far too little attention and far too little response from washington. i spent most of my career studying the economic pressures on middle-class families, families who worked hard, who played by the rules, but who still found...
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like california, and massachusetts, other regions of the country, however, are well aware that coal provides nearly 40% of the nation's electricity. as such i ask all of you folks to hold a hearing in kentucky. to hear the concerns of coal country. but since epa refuses to cop to kentucky, i decided on behalf of kentucky's coalminers and their families i would bring their concerns to you myself. if the epa won't come to listen to us, we'll come here to the epa. by now it is clear that this administration and your agency declared a war on coal, for kentucky this means a war on jobs, and on our state's economy. the president has outright stated his intentions for the coal industry and this is what he had to say. if somebody wants to build a coal-power planned they can. it's just it will bankrupt them. because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all the greenhouse gas that is being emitted. the direct quote from the president of the united states. one of the first things president obama did upon taking office in 2009 was to push threwthrough congress' cap and trade bill to try to push it
like california, and massachusetts, other regions of the country, however, are well aware that coal provides nearly 40% of the nation's electricity. as such i ask all of you folks to hold a hearing in kentucky. to hear the concerns of coal country. but since epa refuses to cop to kentucky, i decided on behalf of kentucky's coalminers and their families i would bring their concerns to you myself. if the epa won't come to listen to us, we'll come here to the epa. by now it is clear that this...
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but the vast majority of his life was in vermont and new hampshire, massachusetts also. nonetheless, some one and an arbor. in 1921 he was invited to be a kind of writer in residence. now you can throw a stone at the university without uncovering a writer, an artist in residence, but at that time which is after row a century ago, it was revolutionary notion, kept a very stiff arm and remove from academia. you know permafrost was not a scholar or a university graduate himself. he ended up receiving all sorts of lottery degrees and became often a doctor of letters, but at the time he was somebody you was more known as a farmer and a private citizen. for university to invite him to say you're a person of consequence, what you hang around was already rather remarkable. he came and stayed for a year. he returned again for couple of years. so his tenure here was relatively brief. it was nonetheless an important time of his creative life. some of the palms we think of as about new england were composed here, perhaps of a sense of sorrow. perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia, but
but the vast majority of his life was in vermont and new hampshire, massachusetts also. nonetheless, some one and an arbor. in 1921 he was invited to be a kind of writer in residence. now you can throw a stone at the university without uncovering a writer, an artist in residence, but at that time which is after row a century ago, it was revolutionary notion, kept a very stiff arm and remove from academia. you know permafrost was not a scholar or a university graduate himself. he ended up...
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. >> even ahead of what massachusetts was. people got closer to the deadline, the "l.a. times" reported that a number of states that use their own systems are attracting enrollment targets for 2014 because of a sharp increase in november. california, and they enrolled 31,000 people in private plans last month nearly double that in the first two weeks of this month and several other states are outpacing their enrollment estimates and minnesota enrollment was tripling the rate of the first half grades we see an acceleration, even in the federal marketplace, we show that "the new york times" reported that this is double the private plan enrollment and is the first two weeks of november. and we are seeing improvements and the increase of people going back on the site successfully is a very encouraging situation. rather than just attack the health care law and undermine it, we ought to try to make it work and we are anxious to make sure that you do your job and the website and all of that gets to be working. call upon us, because we are able to act in that regard. >> the gent
. >> even ahead of what massachusetts was. people got closer to the deadline, the "l.a. times" reported that a number of states that use their own systems are attracting enrollment targets for 2014 because of a sharp increase in november. california, and they enrolled 31,000 people in private plans last month nearly double that in the first two weeks of this month and several other states are outpacing their enrollment estimates and minnesota enrollment was tripling the rate of...
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>> senator from massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. president. i rise today to exrest my strong support finish express my strong support for efforts to stamp out sexual assault in our military. and i want to begin by thanking the senator from maryland and the senator from maine for your extraordinary leadership in bringing us here today to speak out on this issue. for over 20 years, our military has said that it has a zero tolerance policy towards sexual violence. government agencies have put out 20 reports examining the problem and suggesting potential solutions. and yet shamefully, incidents of sexual assault involving our military personnel continue at staggering rates. data from the department of defense indicate that thousands of men and women serving in the military are subject to these horrific experiences every year. more than 20% of women serving in the military have reported unwanted sexual contact at some point during the course of their military service. and perhaps most shameful, about half of all female victims in a 2012 dod survey
>> senator from massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. president. i rise today to exrest my strong support finish express my strong support for efforts to stamp out sexual assault in our military. and i want to begin by thanking the senator from maryland and the senator from maine for your extraordinary leadership in bringing us here today to speak out on this issue. for over 20 years, our military has said that it has a zero tolerance policy towards sexual violence. government agencies...
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but the vast majority of his life was in vermont and new hampshire, massachusetts also. nonetheless, he knew someone in ann arbor and came from the invitation of then president dan burton invited him in 1921 to be kind of a writer in residence. now, you can't throw a stone at a university without uncovering a writer or an artist in residence. but at that time, which is after all almost a century ago, it was close to a revolutionary notion. artists are kept at a very stiff arms removed from academe and frost was not a scholar, nor a university graduate himself. he ended up receiving all sorts of honorary degrees and became often a dr. of humane letters. at the time, he was some i.d. who is more known as a farmer and private citizen. for a university to invite him and say you are a person of consequence, why do you hang around was really rather remarkable. he came in 1821. the state for a year. he went back to vermont and returned again for a couple of years. 1923 and 224. so his tenure here was relatively brief. it was nonetheless during an important. but his creative lif
but the vast majority of his life was in vermont and new hampshire, massachusetts also. nonetheless, he knew someone in ann arbor and came from the invitation of then president dan burton invited him in 1921 to be kind of a writer in residence. now, you can't throw a stone at a university without uncovering a writer or an artist in residence. but at that time, which is after all almost a century ago, it was close to a revolutionary notion. artists are kept at a very stiff arms removed from...
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seabrook wrote the list of doctors and medical facilities that will take my insurance is limited, and my massachusetts doctors are not on the list. the one closest to me, portsmouth hospital, is not on the list. kathleen in new castle wrote the exchange choice will not allow me to use my docks including -- docs including primary care who is affiliated with portsmouth hospital. all oncology doctors are in boston, not covered. margaret in stafford wrote me she currently goes to frisbee memorial hospital which is not part of the exchange. she described the impact this way. i would no longer be able to go to frisbee memorial hospital which is four miles away. i could no longer see the gynecologist whom i trust. i could no longer use the surgeon who saved my life when emergency sucialg was required. -- surgery was required. i could no longer visit the same internist. if i were to develop heart problems, i could no longer go to portsmouth regional hospital. gregory in rochester said that his primary care physician is at frisbee. he said that means he'll have to go to another hospital. and what he told me, h
seabrook wrote the list of doctors and medical facilities that will take my insurance is limited, and my massachusetts doctors are not on the list. the one closest to me, portsmouth hospital, is not on the list. kathleen in new castle wrote the exchange choice will not allow me to use my docks including -- docs including primary care who is affiliated with portsmouth hospital. all oncology doctors are in boston, not covered. margaret in stafford wrote me she currently goes to frisbee memorial...
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he served as a top prosecutor of the county level in massachusetts and then went on to be elected lieutenant governor, and two years later he was elected to the united states senate where he served 28 years. the last four of those years he served as the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, developing relations around the world with world leaders. in fact, -- every foreign policy issue for the united states over the past three decades. this year he became the first sitting chairman of that committee in over a century to become secretary of state. and just two weeks ago i was honored to travel to asia with senator kerry where we pushed forward key administration initiatives like the trans-pacific partnership. our nation is very lucky to have someone with secretary carries knowledge, and global reach in this leadership position. ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm welcome to a national hero, a man who has dedicated his life to serve the united states and a tireless can do later who is tackling the tough global issues facing our world. lease help me welcome my friend, secretar
he served as a top prosecutor of the county level in massachusetts and then went on to be elected lieutenant governor, and two years later he was elected to the united states senate where he served 28 years. the last four of those years he served as the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, developing relations around the world with world leaders. in fact, -- every foreign policy issue for the united states over the past three decades. this year he became the first sitting...
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so we know that from the massachusetts connector experience in small group markets, and we know that based on the commercial side of the market. and i have a private board that made many of these decisions with a lot of input from policies to go to work groups. so we decided early on that we wanted, that we did not want to limit products. we wanted carriers to be as innovative as they wanted to be. now, the one early decision that we made, which was unanimously recommended by all stakeholders, including consumer groups, providers and carriers, was that we would not allow benefits substitutions to the essential benefits package. and so the products that have additional benefits like acupuncture, as an example, is not one of the core benefits. so the variation in product is really an additional benefits on top of the essential health benefits benchmark, and the variation in your out of pocket liability. so the co-pay, company insurance, et cetera. >> thank you. >> thank you. i'm with voice of the munis americans. i work with other organizations. my question has to do with the language
so we know that from the massachusetts connector experience in small group markets, and we know that based on the commercial side of the market. and i have a private board that made many of these decisions with a lot of input from policies to go to work groups. so we decided early on that we wanted, that we did not want to limit products. we wanted carriers to be as innovative as they wanted to be. now, the one early decision that we made, which was unanimously recommended by all stakeholders,...
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remember running for president and the three that were running were the romney of massachusetts and talk plenty of minnesota and governor perry of texas. they could run nationally and they could have been part of this for eight to 10 years and they were serious candidates. he didn't catch fire in iowa and he dropped out. because he was running for president or the other guys didn't drop out because they were running for president. and this time around, look at who is around the table very chris christie for sure. significant reforms in that, $130 billion in unfunded liabilities and no tax increase. >> so he fits the grover norquist older? >> yes. and i think that what you're looking at a someone who can finances all the way through as a confidence seriousness -- then we would do the three senators. because i think the advantages is that they can raise money, show individual combatants and they say it will do what we did. >> chris christie serious. >> certainly he is. skywalker is also serious and constant, yes change that state into a red state, and all sorts of other things fear. >> wer
remember running for president and the three that were running were the romney of massachusetts and talk plenty of minnesota and governor perry of texas. they could run nationally and they could have been part of this for eight to 10 years and they were serious candidates. he didn't catch fire in iowa and he dropped out. because he was running for president or the other guys didn't drop out because they were running for president. and this time around, look at who is around the table very chris...
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. >> host: bill in massachusetts you are on with author and congressman john lewis. >> caller: i want to offer my assessment of the situation. i've been analyzing this for about half a century. i want your comments. i belief that a lot of tragedy in the last decades that people assessed the situation properly. i belief that there is obviously white racism -- racialism can cm excusing him and i also believe that there is black racialism into the white and black racialism -- no one has the guts to talk about it. the only thing we do talk about our comedians. i want your opinion and i want to also add that the emmett till case if you analyze it and are honest about it is a sexual crime because all he did his iss whistle that a white woman or make a comment about a white woman and look at the price he paid all because of whistling. that is psychotic and pathological and people don't even talk about it in terms of the basis of his murder. so i would like your assessment on the racial situation ultimately just above that what you tend to agree that there is a sexual aspect to racialism that
. >> host: bill in massachusetts you are on with author and congressman john lewis. >> caller: i want to offer my assessment of the situation. i've been analyzing this for about half a century. i want your comments. i belief that a lot of tragedy in the last decades that people assessed the situation properly. i belief that there is obviously white racism -- racialism can cm excusing him and i also believe that there is black racialism into the white and black racialism -- no one...
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so within 48 hours coming threat to massachusetts, to boston and the convention is completely eliminated. the thousands of man-hours that would've been have been wasted had not been too given us information, they would still be standing on the bridges. maybe you could have prevented the marathon bombing by looking for terrorists. but that was a tremendous savings. in my view, the fbi agents and some other analyst in beijing paid for itself in saving to u.s. taxpayers because they been able to resolve an issue of terrorist when there was no intent or knowledge that office to be a key player in the war on terror. >> next question. >> yes, sir, here. >> john duncan, florida a&m university college of law. we talk about the chinese and japanese russian mafia here in the u.s. beard how about a u.s. teams possibly overseas click that link not only cooperation with other gangs, but also the national security impacts back on us. because i say, you know, a lot of the new millionaires will be in china and russia and that's where the money is going. >> anybody like to take on not one? >> well, yes.
so within 48 hours coming threat to massachusetts, to boston and the convention is completely eliminated. the thousands of man-hours that would've been have been wasted had not been too given us information, they would still be standing on the bridges. maybe you could have prevented the marathon bombing by looking for terrorists. but that was a tremendous savings. in my view, the fbi agents and some other analyst in beijing paid for itself in saving to u.s. taxpayers because they been able to...
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of the identified continuing projects, massachusetts, connecticut, new york, new jersey delaware, areland, and virginia currently scheduled to receive beach erosion and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects. and we expect 70% of this work by 2016.pleted there will always be residual ink for americans who live coastal regions. expected changes in sea level otherextreme weather, and impacts are likely to increase the risks fating these areas. -- facing these areas. together with noah and fema, the corps of engineers developed a helpevel rise tool to communities anticipate the influence of sea level rise. will use base flood elevation maps from fema, the coastal of noaah.pabilities and a sea level rise calculator engineers.rps of this tool yesterday was recognized by the president and awarded the green government climate change champion award. ourhe collaboration between agencies as a result of sandy has already produced a future-looking sustainability and tool that we can all use throughout the federal government. in addition, noaah and the corps of engineers are working moreher to h
of the identified continuing projects, massachusetts, connecticut, new york, new jersey delaware, areland, and virginia currently scheduled to receive beach erosion and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects. and we expect 70% of this work by 2016.pleted there will always be residual ink for americans who live coastal regions. expected changes in sea level otherextreme weather, and impacts are likely to increase the risks fating these areas. -- facing these areas. together with noah and...
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i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures whom we know as literary fill your and their history. >> we come to history from a similar literary place. my graduate degree is in american literature, and i live on man tuck et largely because i like mobby dick. [laughter] and he does. >> i wrote a little book about that. and -- >> i'm a fan. and -- like wise. continuing and i was actually named for nathaniel haw thorn. wasn't it said that his biography of franklin piers was the greatest work of fiction he had ever written. >> yeah, it was said that. and he dedicated. when he dedicated a book to f
i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures...
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i'm not from miami, so we had little snakes in massachusetts and not much fun at all. i've written two books now about words, always wanted to write a book about words, alphabet juice and alphabetter juice. i was stoned into doing this by reading a textbook of length with sticks, the notion of the connection between words and their meaning is arbitrary, which doesn't make any sense to me. that would mean that splurge and stint could mean the same thing. stint is a tight little word and splurge is like that. and i think that words have a lot to do with -- not all worlds but lots of words, the best words -- i'll give you an example -- have to do with how they move through your body. this is a little indelicate, but dave has already said shit. that's because there was a python body behind him. he has a reason. i didn't think he was shot. so, okay, the word piss. i was reading a -- somebody analyzing the word urinate. said it cam from the latin word urinory to urinate, that was the formal literary latin word, and the street latin, regular people used the word pissary, from
i'm not from miami, so we had little snakes in massachusetts and not much fun at all. i've written two books now about words, always wanted to write a book about words, alphabet juice and alphabetter juice. i was stoned into doing this by reading a textbook of length with sticks, the notion of the connection between words and their meaning is arbitrary, which doesn't make any sense to me. that would mean that splurge and stint could mean the same thing. stint is a tight little word and splurge...
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and he stopped in massachusetts to get again to eat. he's sitting there in a restaurant and a couple comes up in the man says i know you. you're on the supreme court, right? he says yes. you're stephen breyer, right? he didn't want to embarrass the valid part of his wife, so we said yes, and stephen breyer. they chatted for a while and the patsy question that he didn't expect. justice breyer, what's the best thing about being on the supreme court? he thought for a minute that i'd have to sit the privilege of serving with david souter. [laughter] and then off he went. how can you not love an institution where that's possible even today? [laughter] >> jeffrey, many years ago i worked for the dow jones weekly national observer and i was the backup reporter, court reporter for that paper with nina totenberg, now famous at npr and i'm sure you know nina. nina would come back from covering the court with wonderful little stories from the end i. and it wasn't exactly cost of, but it sheds some light. >> was not disparage gossett. [laughter] >>
and he stopped in massachusetts to get again to eat. he's sitting there in a restaurant and a couple comes up in the man says i know you. you're on the supreme court, right? he says yes. you're stephen breyer, right? he didn't want to embarrass the valid part of his wife, so we said yes, and stephen breyer. they chatted for a while and the patsy question that he didn't expect. justice breyer, what's the best thing about being on the supreme court? he thought for a minute that i'd have to sit...